Kailash Blades
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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- Nov 21, 2015
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We were recently approached to make a manchu hunting knife or shundao. The blade looked very simple and rugged in construction and something the smiths could absolutely breeze through.
The sheath however is not so simple. While custom blades are common for our smiths we make a lot less sheaths that require patterns. As a result things are a lot more automatic and disrupting that flow to alter things can prove challenging. If you have a look at this pattern you'll see how it may have been a bit of an issue for the smiths.
The end result though is pretty clean! I think there's room to improve on the fittings but it's great to try another blade form out.
A touch under 17" blade with a slim profile, beefy spine and double edged tip. A very practical fighting blade that can chop and clear brush too. More info on the blade here https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/large-manchu-knife
What do you guys think? Is this a historical blade that you could use in the modern day?
Or is this best left in the history books?
Take care,
Andrew
The sheath however is not so simple. While custom blades are common for our smiths we make a lot less sheaths that require patterns. As a result things are a lot more automatic and disrupting that flow to alter things can prove challenging. If you have a look at this pattern you'll see how it may have been a bit of an issue for the smiths.
The end result though is pretty clean! I think there's room to improve on the fittings but it's great to try another blade form out.
A touch under 17" blade with a slim profile, beefy spine and double edged tip. A very practical fighting blade that can chop and clear brush too. More info on the blade here https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/large-manchu-knife
What do you guys think? Is this a historical blade that you could use in the modern day?
Or is this best left in the history books?
Take care,
Andrew
